A couple were assaulted in their own home after a night out when two men suspected them of taking a bag and wallet from a taxi.

Kurt Edwin Lees, 29, of Barkham Street, Wainfleet and Andrew Joseph Pilton, 27, of Truro Close, Skegness, followed Anita Rayner-Mistry and her partner Jason Bond to their home in Wainfleet and kicked their door in at around 4am.

The couple were showered with glass and Lees walked into their kitchen.

Mr Bond tried to throw him out, but was headbutted and left with a bloody nose before he could get Lees outside.

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Another window in the laundry room was also broken and Mr Bond and Ms Rayner-Mistry suffered cuts from the flying glass.

Police were called and both men were arrested.

Stock image of a smashed glass window (Image: gettyimages)

Lees admitted assaulting both Mr Bond and Ms Rayner-Mistry and damaging her door at Boston Magistrates' Court, while Pilton, who did not go into the house, admitted a charge of assault.

Nick Todd, prosecuting, said Lees and Pilton had been in a taxi earlier and Pilton believed he had left a 'blue bag' in it.

He said Pilton rang the taxi driver and discovered the bag was not in the taxi, but that the driver's next passengers were Ms Rayner-Mistry and Mr Bond and so Pilton assumed Mr Bond had stolen it, but there was no evidence to suggest that was right.

Mitigating for Pilton, Michael Alexander, said he went to the last known address the taxi had gone to after leaving the bag in the taxi, which is where Mr Bond lived.

He said: "I am not for one minute going to suggest Mr Bond or Ms Rayner-Mistry stole the bag but that is the reason they went there."

He added Pilton 'never entered the house' but he accepts he banged on the door and broke the glass, injuring Ms Rayner-Mistry.

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Magistrates ordered that both men observe electronically monitored curfews. Pilton, who had recently been released from prison will observe the curfew between 7pm and 7am for six weeks, and Lees between the hours of 8pm and 7am for eight weeks.

Pilton has been ordered to pay compensation of £150 and costs of £85 and Lees to pay £300 compensation and £45 in costs.